Algorithms are not apolitical tools that simply improve efficiency in online transactions or workplace coordination. They are instruments of control and should be regulated like other tools of control.

In September 2025, news outlets reported that families of American teenagers who died by suicide were suing OpenAI, Meta, and Character.AI. Their allegation: company products had simulated friendship, encouraged self-harm, and deepened emotional isolation. One father said his daughter’s chatbot had become “her only confidant and told her it was okay to give up.”

These are not isolated tragedies. They signal a broader and intensifying health risk: unregulated artificial intelligence (AI) systems are infiltrating the most intimate spaces of human life, shaping users’ mental states without ov

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